2023 Mock Newbery List

1.
The Passport Project: Two Sisters Ditch Middle School for a Life-Changing Journey Around the World
The Passport Project: Two Sisters Ditch Middle School for a Life-Changing Journey Around the World 4.54 avg rating — 196 ratings
2.
The Ogress and the Orphans
The Ogress and the Orphans 4.28 avg rating — 8,485 ratings
3.
The Last Mapmaker
The Last Mapmaker 4.14 avg rating — 6,096 ratings
4.
Ain't Burned All the Bright
Ain't Burned All the Bright 4.40 avg rating — 17,317 ratings
5.
Those Kids from Fawn Creek
Those Kids from Fawn Creek 4.10 avg rating — 2,388 ratings
6.
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones 4.31 avg rating — 346 ratings
7.
I Must Betray You
I Must Betray You 4.40 avg rating — 91,739 ratings
8.
A Rover's Story
A Rover's Story 4.27 avg rating — 8,619 ratings
9.
A Duet for Home
A Duet for Home 4.20 avg rating — 3,301 ratings
10.
The Star That Always Stays
The Star That Always Stays 4.08 avg rating — 1,659 ratings
11.
Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone 4.14 avg rating — 2,720 ratings
12.
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves 3.94 avg rating — 704 ratings
13.
Black Bird, Blue Road
Black Bird, Blue Road 4.14 avg rating — 741 ratings
14.
The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel
The Aquanaut: A Graphic Novel 3.93 avg rating — 3,728 ratings
15.
Maizy Chen's Last Chance
Maizy Chen's Last Chance
by: Lisa Yee
4.27 avg rating — 5,029 ratings
16.
The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 7,126 ratings
17.
Answers in the Pages
Answers in the Pages 4.31 avg rating — 4,773 ratings
18.
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
by: Ibi Zoboi
4.08 avg rating — 1,866 ratings
19.
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
Aviva vs. the Dybbuk
by: Mari Lowe
4.06 avg rating — 691 ratings
20.
My Own Lightning (Wolf Hollow #2)
My Own Lightning (Wolf Hollow #2) 4.26 avg rating — 1,704 ratings
21.
Violet and Jobie in the Wild
Violet and Jobie in the Wild 3.87 avg rating — 360 ratings
22.
Yonder
Yonder 4.26 avg rating — 1,085 ratings
23.
Dream, Annie, Dream
Dream, Annie, Dream 4.19 avg rating — 436 ratings
24.
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis 4.41 avg rating — 1,747 ratings
25.
Cress Watercress
Cress Watercress 3.65 avg rating — 1,524 ratings
26.
Northwind
Northwind 3.56 avg rating — 3,138 ratings
27.
Wayward Creatures
Wayward Creatures 4.17 avg rating — 454 ratings
28.
New from Here
New from Here 4.29 avg rating — 4,493 ratings
29.
Frizzy
Frizzy 4.44 avg rating — 11,138 ratings
30.
Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings!
Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! 4.36 avg rating — 1,393 ratings
31.
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie?
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? 4.15 avg rating — 1,410 ratings
32.
How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps
How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps 4.21 avg rating — 239 ratings
33.
Lines of Courage
Lines of Courage 4.30 avg rating — 4,032 ratings
34.
Odder
Odder 4.22 avg rating — 13,373 ratings
35.
Omar Rising
Omar Rising 4.21 avg rating — 1,612 ratings
36.
Freewater
Freewater 4.16 avg rating — 5,202 ratings
37.
The Patron Thief of Bread
The Patron Thief of Bread 4.19 avg rating — 793 ratings
38.
Wishing Upon the Same Stars
Wishing Upon the Same Stars 4.24 avg rating — 394 ratings
39.
Different Kinds of Fruit
Different Kinds of Fruit 4.08 avg rating — 1,286 ratings
40.
How to Eat a Book
How to Eat a Book 3.51 avg rating — 699 ratings
41.
The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck
The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck 3.61 avg rating — 470 ratings
42.
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky 4.42 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
43.
Golden Girl
Golden Girl 4.02 avg rating — 1,233 ratings
44.
Cornbread & Poppy
Cornbread & Poppy 4.18 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
44.
Attack of the Black Rectangles
Attack of the Black Rectangles 4.19 avg rating — 6,517 ratings
46.
Loyalty
Loyalty
by: Avi
3.88 avg rating — 597 ratings
47.
The Turtle of Michigan
The Turtle of Michigan 3.98 avg rating — 479 ratings
48.
Honestly Elliott
Honestly Elliott 4.31 avg rating — 1,411 ratings
49.
The Midnight Children
The Midnight Children 4.13 avg rating — 3,884 ratings
50.
We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963
We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 4.16 avg rating — 446 ratings
51.
When Winter Robeson Came
When Winter Robeson Came 4.02 avg rating — 324 ratings
52.
Moonflower
Moonflower 4.03 avg rating — 642 ratings
53.
Miraculous
Miraculous 3.87 avg rating — 69 ratings
54.
A Song Called Home
A Song Called Home
by: Sara Zarr
4.03 avg rating — 650 ratings
54.
The Beatryce Prophecy
The Beatryce Prophecy 4.29 avg rating — 10,548 ratings
56.
Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote
Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to Vote 4.23 avg rating — 130 ratings
57.
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy 4.30 avg rating — 971 ratings
58.
Small Town Pride
Small Town Pride 4.12 avg rating — 2,190 ratings
59.
Path of the Specialist (Path of the Ranger, #6)
Path of the Specialist (Path of the Ranger, #6) 4.50 avg rating — 3,358 ratings
60.
My Life Begins!
My Life Begins! 4.08 avg rating — 341 ratings
61.
African Town
African Town 4.29 avg rating — 1,353 ratings
61.
Out of Range
Out of Range really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 369 ratings
63.
Falling Short
Falling Short 4.06 avg rating — 2,149 ratings
63.
Little Monarchs
Little Monarchs 4.20 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
63.
Three Strike Summer
Three Strike Summer 4.28 avg rating — 698 ratings
66.
Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech
Marshmallow Clouds: Two Poets at Play Among Figures of Speech 3.92 avg rating — 309 ratings
67.
Iveliz Explains It All
Iveliz Explains It All 4.16 avg rating — 2,753 ratings
68.
Swim Team
Swim Team 4.27 avg rating — 9,461 ratings
69.
In the Beautiful Country
In the Beautiful Country
by: Jane Kuo
4.24 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
70.
Hummingbird
Hummingbird 4.32 avg rating — 4,124 ratings
71.
Nura and the Immortal Palace
Nura and the Immortal Palace
by: M.T. Khan
3.94 avg rating — 1,157 ratings
72.
The Real Deal
The Real Deal 4.44 avg rating — 210 ratings
73.
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods 4.25 avg rating — 418 ratings
74.
The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)
The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,236 ratings
75.
Just Right Jillian
Just Right Jillian 4.12 avg rating — 706 ratings
76.
Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence
Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 4.32 avg rating — 149 ratings
76.
Button Pusher
Button Pusher 4.06 avg rating — 1,302 ratings
78.
Zia Erases the World
Zia Erases the World 4.15 avg rating — 289 ratings
79.
Singing with Elephants
Singing with Elephants 3.98 avg rating — 579 ratings
80.
Operation Do-Over
Operation Do-Over 4.26 avg rating — 2,219 ratings
81.
The Last Beekeeper
The Last Beekeeper 3.81 avg rating — 905 ratings
82.
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao 4.06 avg rating — 878 ratings
83.
Vardaesia (The Medoran Chronicles, #5)
Vardaesia (The Medoran Chronicles, #5) 4.60 avg rating — 7,485 ratings
83.
Always, Clementine
Always, Clementine 4.17 avg rating — 612 ratings
83.
The World Belonged to Us
The World Belonged to Us 4.48 avg rating — 1,135 ratings
83.
Crazy in Poughkeepsie (Neddie & Friends, #6)
Crazy in Poughkeepsie (Neddie & Friends, #6) 3.81 avg rating — 111 ratings
83.
I Am Not Your Chosen One (Not Your Chosen, #1)
I Am Not Your Chosen One (Not Your Chosen, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 81 ratings
83.
The Half-Life of Love
The Half-Life of Love 4.18 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
83.
Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller
Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller 3.77 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
83.
The Language of Seabirds
The Language of Seabirds 4.21 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
91.
Witchlings (Witchlings, #1)
Witchlings (Witchlings, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 5,158 ratings
91.
Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs
Solimar: The Sword of the Monarchs 3.89 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
91.
Alice Austen Lived Here
Alice Austen Lived Here
by: Alex Gino
3.87 avg rating — 1,273 ratings
91.
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza #1)
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza (The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,614 ratings
91.
The Gravity of Missing Things
The Gravity of Missing Things 3.74 avg rating — 722 ratings
91.
Invisible
Invisible 4.12 avg rating — 7,057 ratings
91.
Hollow Fires
Hollow Fires 4.26 avg rating — 3,601 ratings
91.
The First to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #0)
The First to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #0) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 115,725 ratings
99.
Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny
Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny 4.11 avg rating — 161 ratings
99.
The Best Liars in Riverview
The Best Liars in Riverview 4.20 avg rating — 341 ratings
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